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Patented Sept. 5, I899. S SAMSON MOP WRINGER.

(Application filed May 25, 1899.]

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,374, datedSeptember 5, 1899.

Application filed May 25, 1899. Serial No. 718,208. (No model.)

To all whom it 772/012,] concern.-

Be it known that I, SWAN SAMSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in mop-wringers, and moreparticularly to that class which are removably secured to the tub orpail; and the object is to provide a simple, convenient, and effectivedevice of this char- 'acter.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of constructionand combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improvedmop-wringer. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detaillongitudinal section through the crankshaft. Fig. 4 is a side elevation,partly in section, to illustrate the mop-clamping device.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a vertical standard the lower end of which isformed with a screw-clamp 2, by means of which it is removably securedto the tub or pail, as shown.

3 denotes a horizontal arm fixed to the standard and extending inwardlytoward the center of the tub, and its end terminates in a transversejaw-plate 4.

5 denotes a lever fulcrumed on a bolt 6 in the lower end of thestandard, and it is provided with an integral teat or tooth 7, which isforced into the inner face of the wall of fixed to the upper ends of thestandard 1, and

their free ends terminate in the open sockets 9 and 10 to receive thecylindrical mop-handle 12.

13 denotes a bevel gear-wheel fixed on the ets 9 and 10.

17 denotes a chock-block which straddles the crank-shaft 15 between theinner end of the bearing 16 and the hub of the gear-wheel 14 to hold thelatter in mesh with the gear wheel 13 when the mop-handle is in place.This block 17 is provided with a vertical handle 18,which has a slidingengagement with the fixed sleeve 19 on the arm 9, and by raising theblock the shaft 15 may be drawn backward, so as to remove the handlefrom the sockets, and when the handle is replaced the shaft is pushedforward to mesh the gear 14 with the gear 13 and the block droppedbetween the hub of the gear 14 and the continuous end of the bearing 16.The crank-shaft may now be rotated and a corresponding motion impartedto the mop-handle.

The manner of operating the device is as follows: The standard issecured to the tub, as shown, the tooth 7 acting as a fixed fulcrum forthe lever 5. The standard is now drawn back, as shown by the dottedlines in Fig. 4, to separate the plate 4 from the par-.

allel jaw 8 to insert the mop, and the standard is then thrown forwardto clamp the mopcloth between the said plate and jaw, as shown in fulllines. The block 17 is then raised, the shaft 15 slid back, and themophandle placed in the arms 9 and 10, with the hub of the gear-wheel13resting on the socket 10. The crank-shaft is then pushed forward so thatthe gears mesh and the block, 17 dropped in place to retain the gears inmesh, and by rotating the crank-shaft in either direction acorresponding twist is given vto the mop-cloth, which squeezes the waterout of the cloth and into the tub.

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form,proportion, and theaninor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

l. A mop-wringer comprising the standard formed with a clamping-bracketand a jawplate, a lever pivoted to the jaw, and an arm pivoted to saidlever and terminatingin a jaw arranged parallel with the jaw-plate, incombination with a socket adapted to receive the mop-handle, and meansfor rotating the same,

substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a mop-Wringer, the combination With the mop-handle, and the bevel-gear fixed thereon, of the standard provided with the socket-arms toreceive said handle, a crankshaft having a rotary and a slidingengagement with said standard arms, and a gearwheel fixed on said shaftand adapted to mesh With said gear on the mop-handle, substan tially asand for the purpose'set forth.

5. In a mop-Wringer, the combination with a mop havinga gear-wheelfixedto its handle, of a standard formed with clamping-jaws to receive themop-cloth, and bearing sockets for the mop-handle, and means forrotating said handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- HGSSGS.

SWAN SAMSON.

Witnesses:

A. R. IIEILIG, AR'll-IUR W. CATTON.

